Improvement in neck-yoke tugs



G. BENNETT.

Neck-Yoke Tug. No. 99,524.. Patented Feb. 8, 1870.-

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GEORGE BENNETT, OF NEW PENNINGTON, INDIANA,

Letters Patent No. 99,524, dated February 8, 1870.

' IMPROVEMENT I N NECK-YOK'B TUG-S.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

I, GEORGE Bnsnn'r'r, of New Pennington, Decatur county, Indiana, haveinvented a new and useful Neck- Yoke for \Vagon and Garriage Poles, aswell as those of reapers, mowers, and other farm implements, of whichthe fotlowing is a specification.

Nature and Objects of the I mention.

General Description 'u'ith Reference to the Drawings.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the neck-yoke, in position upon thetongue or pole.

Figure 2 is a vertical section of my neck-yoke, in the plane of theneck-yoke tree.

Figure 3 is a vertical section of my neck-yoke, in the plane of thepole.

A and B are two ferrnles,.whioh may be of either wrought or malleableiron, and which enclasp, respectively, the pole O and the neck-yoke treeD.

The. ferrules A and B are coupled by means of a swivel or universaljoint, which may have the following construct-ion Extending from the.ferrule A, are two perforated lugs, E E,'which receive between them theperforated shank F of a swivel-bolt, whose head, G, is engaged behindthe perforated boss I) of the ferrule B.

A bolt, H, passing through and uniting the lugs E E and the perforatedshank l", permitst-o the ferrules free oscillation in the plane of theswivel-bolt, while said swivel-bolt itself permits unrestrictedoscillation at right angles to said plane.

The bolt H is held in place by means of aunt, I, or its equivalent.

A collar, J, may be introduced, to form a supportiug-shoulder to theferrule A or said ferrule may be in the form of a thimhle, entirelyenclosing the front end of the pole.

Claim.

I claim, as my invention-- The neck-yoke tug, or coupling, composed ofthe ferrules A B, and the described swivel-joint E E F G H I, for thepurpose set forth.

In. testimony of which invention, I hereunto set my hand.

I GEORGE BENNETT.

Witnesses:

Geo. H. KNIGHT, JAMES H. LAYMAN.

